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The Lei Maker

The Lei Maker (1901) by Theodore Wores. At the Honolulu Museum of Art. Source.

Mokujiki

Mokujiki (1718-1810) fulfilled a vow to carve 1000 Buddhas, travelling rural Japan and leaving distinctive smiling Buddhas wherever he went. In the early twentieth century his work was rediscovered by Soetsu Yanagi, founder of The Japan Folk Crafts Museum where some of Mokujiki's smiling Buddhas can be seen today.

Costume Museum, Kyoto

Take a tour of the Genji Monogatari exhibit at the Costume Museum in Kyoto.

Tapisserie Tolkien

In 2020 la Cité internationale de la tapisserie Aubusson hosted an exhibition of tapestries based on the art of JRR Tolkien. Source.

Patrol Car 1

A 1941 Chevrolet Master Deluxe Coupe in Ontario Provincial Police Highway Patrol colours. At the OPP Museum in Orillia.

The Palace of St Michael and St George

The Palace of St Michael and St George, Corfu, c. 1830, by Joseph Schranz. From 1815 to 1864 some of the Greek islands formed a British protectorate grandly named the United States of the Ionian Islands, for whose government this palace was completed in 1824. Today it houses the Corfu Museum of Asian Art. Source. Also.

Heike Monogatari Wax Museum

Visit the Takamatsu Heike Monogatari Wax Museum with Amanda and Jim.

Lethbridge Nurse

This statue of a nurse at the Galt Museum in Lethbridge makes nice use of bronze, brass, and snow. Source.

Joust

This is only one of 146 jousts recorded in the Tournament Book of Duke Johann Friedrich the Magnanimous of Saxony, c. 1535. It's housed at the Veste Coburg. Source.

National Archaeological Museum, Athens

Source. The British talk about there being no place in Athens to put the Elgin Marbles. Wrong.